Do a search, I'm sure you'll find why having a SCT is in my opinin better than having a generic based programmer. The SCT is capable of using custom tunes that you get from several different people. Once again do a search and you'll find who people like. Matt from Gearhead performance, and Eric from IDP are some of the popular ones.

I have the Superchips flashpaq 1855...it is a good tuner for the money ($200)...and it has a safe performance tune...but it would be more like the street tune on an SCT X3. The SCT is great if you can afford it, and its what I plan on next. But the superchips tuner has suprised a lot of Dogde and Duramax and other Fords as well...I put done 713lbs of torque @ wheels with the superchips...and it firms up the tranny shifts good...Ive had it for 30,000 miles and no issues! SCT will lay close to 800lbs @ wheels in the Xtreme race file...and it is a sick but pricey tuner

The SCT with custom tunes actually tunes your transmission as well as your computer..alot of the tuners out there just tune the computer ONLY which can be hell on a transmission...

If you read the review on the forum you will probably see that pretty much everyone on here is running a SCT with tunes from either gearhead or IDP...both have good custom tunes.

With custom tunes you can tell them exactly what mods and stuff you have done to your truck and what exactly you are looking for in a tune and the tuner will make one for you....thats the good thing about them.

I dont know how long the actual "learn process" is but I would take it easy the first 100 miles or so just to be safe...its not going to hurt anything if you dont but just peace of mind for me.

That is what im thinking. When ever I do change the flash(rare), I let it go through every gear mergin onto the highway for about 20 min (cold run and warm run) then re-start the truck before I put it through what its designed to do. This is only right after I reflash, which is not often at all.

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